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Israel Demands a King

8When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.H8050H2204H7760H1121H8199H3478 2The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.H8034H1121H1060H3100H8034H4932H29H8199H884 3Yet his sons did not follow in his ways, but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice.H1121H1980H1870H5186H310H1215H3947H7810H5186H4941 4Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,H2205H3478H6908H935H8050H7414 5and said to him, "You are old and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations."H559H2204H1121H1980H1870H7760H4428H8199H1471 6But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to govern us." Samuel prayed to the LORD,H1697H3415H5869H8050H559H5414H4428H8199H8050H6419H3068 7and the LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.H3068H559H8050H8085H6963H5971H559H3988H3988H4427 8Just as they have done to me, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so also they are doing to you.H4639H6213H3117H5927H4714H3117H5800H5647H312H430H6213 9Now then, listen to their voice; only—you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them."H8085H6963H389H5749H5749H5046H4941H4428H4427 10So Samuel reported all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.H8050H559H1697H3068H5971H7592H4428 11He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen, and to run before his chariots;H559H4941H4428H4427H3947H1121H7760H4818H6571H7323H6440H4818 12and he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.H7760H8269H505H8269H2572H2790H2758H7114H7105H6213H3627H4421H3627H7393 13He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.H3947H1323H7548H2879H644 14He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his courtiers.H3947H7704H3754H2132H2896H5414H5650 15He will take one-tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and his courtiers.H6237H2233H3754H5414H5631H5650 16He will take your male and female slaves, and the best of your cattle and donkeys, and put them to his work.H3947H5650H8198H2896H970H2543H6213H4399 17He will take one-tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.H6237H6629H5650 18And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves; but the LORD will not answer you in that day."H2199H3117H6440H4428H977H3068H6030H3117

Israel’s Request for a King Granted

19But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; they said, "No! but we are determined to have a king over us,H5971H3985H8085H6963H8050H559H4428 20so that we also may be like other nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles."H1471H4428H8199H3318H6440H3898H4421 21When Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the LORD.H8050H8085H1697H5971H1696H241H3068 22The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to their voice and set a king over them." Samuel then said to the people of Israel, "Each of you return home."H3068H559H8050H8085H6963H4427H4428H8050H559H582H3478H3212H376H5892


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